Medal of Honor recipient Command Sgt. Major Robert Patterson received his award in 1969 from President Richard Nixon.

Written by

R. Norman Moody
| FLORIDA TODAY

"I'm still taking care of soldiers," he said. "It's what I spent my whole life doing. It's a little different scenario, but it's all still helping a soldier."

Patterson, a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the highest military award in the nation, will be the special guest at an event Saturday to raise money for a therapy dog that will go to a veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder. ...